Stolpersteine ​​plaques commemorating Holocaust victims

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Ferrer from Sallent de Gállego Stolpersteine ​​in Sallent de Gállego. By Suso01es There is a place in León, in Huesca, in Cáceres... and in many other provinces; a very specific place on whose floor you can see very small plaques (only 10 cm) that serve to remember the victims of the Holocaust . They are the plates of the Stolpersteine ​​project, present throughout Europe and which we can also see on the streets of many Spanish towns. In the 90s, a German artist named Gunter Demnig created the Stolpersteine ​​project , which is a conjunction of history, art, memory and activism. The word Stolpersteine ​​itself means something like a stumbling block, and explains the idea very well. The goal, which he has been working on for more than 30 years, is to place small bronze plaques throughout Europe remembering the victims of the Holocaust. Stolpersteine ​​in Fuenlabrada Stolpersteine ​​in Fuenlabrada.

Christian Michelides Each plaque is a small cubic block of cement 10 centimeters on a side that has a bronze plaque on one side on which is engraved the name of the victim, his date of birth, the date of his deportation or sending to a camp Colombia Mobile Number List of extermination and the date of his death, except in some exceptions. These basic data are completed with others as appropriate. And the latter is important because each of them is treated as a unique case, which gives much more value to this action of remembrance of the victim. The plates are handmade and individual Stolpersteine ​​in Palma. Stolpersteine ​​in Palma. By Christian Michelides In this sense, the plates are made one by one, by hand, using a hammer and something like the movable type of old printing presses to record the data.



This individualization is also a contrast with the way in which those remembered died, with only one more being murdered in an industrial manner. The first time a Stolpersteine ​​is installed in a locality is done by the project creator himself, Gunter Demnig. Later it can be done without his presence. The plates are usually on the sidewalk, as if it were just another paving stone, usually in front of the victim's last home , or where they were born, worked... The paving stone, those 10 centimeters, is buried at the appropriate depth to leave the cement just flush from the ground and, therefore, the only thing that protrudes from that level is the plate itself. So there is a chance that you will trip over it and have to look down at the ground. And read what it says and for a moment remember or think about the victim. It's a powerful idea, in my opinion.